England in Sri Lanka

[Cricketman]

Our warm-up match starts at 5:30am...darn.

And Murali is out for the first 3 ODI's. YES!

Lol, Sanath is quite awesome wth the ball in SL as well lol.

But yeah, no Murali is a big blow for teh Sirils.

 

[Animator!]

Alastair Cook, Phil Mustard (wk), Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Paul Collingwood (capt), Owais Shah, Ravi Bopara, Graeme Swann, Stuart Broad, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.

Graeme Swann is god.

 

[Eddie]

can't believe England are plkaying international cricket again.. what ayear its been..

Ashes --> world cup --> Tests + ODI V WI --> Tests +ODI V India --> 20/20 WC --> now Touring Sri lanka

thats quite a grueling schedule..

 

[RoboRocks]

Sri Lanka have got off to a good start despite losing Jayasuriya.
Interesting to see Swann bowl later and how Mustard does through out the day.

 

[Eddie]

smart stumping my mustard as swann beats sangakara in the flight..

apparently the floodlights are a bit dodgy here so batting 2nd will be very tough

 

[rickyp]

What a horrible way to go out, threw his wicket away completely, IMO a poor innings with lucky hitting.

Here comes Bell to show em how to get the job done

 

[aussie_ben91]

Well his done a better job then Prior has.

Bell out.

This game has absolutely no atmosphere.

 

[RoboRocks]

England are back in a familiar postion.
Sri Lanka bossing this game and even without Murali.

 

[angryangy]

smart stumping my mustard as swann beats sangakara in the flight..

apparently the floodlights are a bit dodgy here so batting 2nd will be very tough

Even in photos it seems painfully dark

 

[Hooper]

Wow, that looks terrible!

AN Cook 45*
P Mustard 27
IR Bell 0
KP Pietersen 1
PD Collingwood 9
OA Shah 7
RS Bopara 6*

Lol.

can't believe England are plkaying international cricket again.. what ayear its been..

Ashes --> world cup --> Tests + ODI V WI --> Tests +ODI V India --> 20/20 WC --> now Touring Sri lanka

thats quite a grueling schedule..

Wow, never thought about that.

Compared to Australia:

Ashes ~ WC ~ 20/20 ~

 

[Leicester Fox]

Same old England. I'm not too worried yet, i think we're just playing a better, more experienced side. KP's the worry for me, Mustard wasn't that bad, bell we know is a quality player after how he played against the Indians, Cook fought well, Shah was dissapointing and Collys another worry, he doesn't seem to be as consistent recently with the bat.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Would've been nice to seen Cook get a half-century.

That innings will totally kill his career strike-rate though.

Swann looks a talent. Bowled pretty well & his playing some nice shots now.

 

[angryangy]

Wow, never thought about that.

Compared to Australia:

Ashes ~ WC ~ 20/20 ~

Of course, it's been winter here and also for most of the other teams.

ODIs in India ~ Tests against Srl ~ ODIs against NZ ~ Tests against India ~ CB Series Aus v Ind v Srl ~ Tests and ODIs in Pakistan ~ Tests and ODIs in West Indies

and that takes us through to early June 08. After that, there's a Top End series with Bangladesh in August, then the Champions Trophy in September and with that the next season rolls in;
~ Tests in India ~ Tests against NZ ~ Tests against SA ~ ODIs Aus v SA & NZ (tba) ~ Tests and ODIs in SA

That ends in April 09 and there's about a 2 month gap before the next T20 Championship and immediately after, the 09 Ashes. It pretty much keeps rolling on and on like that.

 

[evertonfan]

We are of course doing the graceful English thing and giving our delightful hosts a head start. It's just good manners.

 

[Adarsh]

We are of course doing the graceful English thing and giving our delightful hosts a head start. It's just good manners.

Accompanied with compliments in the middle matches, and then give the hosts a happy ending in the latter stages too, eh ?